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Clifton residents of all ages and skill levels played in the Clifton

Betterment Association (CBA)’s Fourth Annual Ping Pong Tournament

held on Saturday, Feb. 10 at the Town Hall. Adults

for Fun and Intermediate finalists: Bob Hamrin (first

place) and Tom Greiner (second place).

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By Jennifer KayeThe Connection

More than 1,100 people gath-ered in The George MasonUniversity Center For TheArts in Fairfax on Wednes-day night, Feb. 7, for “A Historic EveningWith Eva Schloss.” Schloss, the 88-year-oldstep-sister of Anne Frank and Holocaust sur-vivor, discussed her wartime experiences,stories of loss, and her hope for future gen-erations and the World. The presentation,put on by the Chabad Lubavitch Centers ofNorthern Virginia, also included a videopresentation and a musical tribute of AniMaamin by oboist and conductor EugeneSidorov.

Before the presentation, VIP guests gath-ered for a reception with guitar musicplayed by Stanley Albert, and also were ableto sit down and speak with Schloss one-on-one while getting her book, “Eva’s Story,”signed. There was a steady flow of peoplegathering around her the entire time, tell-ing their childhood stories, discussing rela-tives they lost in the Holocaust, and askingher many questions about her experiences.

Eli Rosenbaum, U.S. Department ofJustice’s Office of Special Investigations, ledthe talk and Schloss started off with a storyabout her first encounter with anti-Semitism.

She was 9 years old and went to play withher Catholic friend after school. When shearrived at her friend’s house, the motherslammed the door in her face and told herthat she never wanted to see her thereagain.

A confused Schloss ran home to hermother hoping she could shed some lighton the situation, and her mother repliedwith “This is how life is going to be now.”

She then went on to describe in detail theyears her family was in hiding, the separa-tion of her and her mother from her fatherand brother, and the Dutch nurse who in1944 pretended to help them hide, but wasin the end a Nazi who turned them in toauthorities.

With the audience silent and enthralledthroughout the presentation, Schloss de-tailed her nine months spent in Auschwitz-Birkenau and the last moments she saw herfather and brother. She ended her talk dis-cussing the importance of education foreveryone, and by telling the audience thatall need to look after the planet. Schlosssaid, “It’s a wonderful gift from God for usto enjoy.”

The closing remarks by Rabbi Leibel

Fajnland, director Chabad of Reston-Herndon, echoed these thoughts by saying,“We must become better not bitter.”

Eva Schloss, the 88-year-old step-sisterof Anne Frank,speaks at GMU.

Holocaust Survivor Shares Her Story

Schloss stayed quiet about her Holocaustexperiences for 40 years, and it was notuntil 1985 that she decided to devote her-self to Holocaust education and worldpeace. Since then, she has written threebooks, delivered more than 1,000 speeches

and had a play written about her life.Schloss is currently on a speaking tour

around the United States sharing her andher step-sisters stories, hoping to educateand help end the violence and bigotry thatshe sees in the world today.

Eva Schloss answers one of Eli Rosenbaum’s questions about her lifeand experiences during the Holocaust.Co-director of Chabad Lubavitch of

Northern Virginia, Raizel Deitsch,gives an introduction and talksabout her family’s experiences.

Eva Schloss, step-sister of Anne Frank and Holocaustsurvivor, speaks to the crowd at George Mason’sCenter for the Arts on Wednesday, Feb. 7.

Rabbi Sholom Deitsch, director of Chabad Lubavitchof Northern Virginia, delivers the opening remarks tothe audience.

Photos by Jennifer Kaye/The Connection


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By Steve HibbardThe Connection

Soccer referee and attorney BenGlass, 60, of Fairfax Station thisweek launched the Varsity SoccerSportsmanship Challenge for boys’and girls’ high school varsity soccer teams.He is donating $13,000 to start the initia-tive to change the culture and improve thebad treatment of referees from players,coaches, and parents during soccer matches.

Teams that sign up and accept the chal-lenge by March 9 will win $500 each forthe boys and $500 for the girls’ teams (upto $1,000 per school) if that team completesthe season without receiving a red or yel-low card due to unsportsmanlike conduct.The Virginia high school varsity soccer sea-son starts March 12.

“Some of the Northern Virginia soccerparents are crazy. They think nothing ofspewing vile language from the stands to-wards referees,” said Glass, a referee for 44years. “When student athletes hear theirparents yelling at the referees, they think itmust be OK for them to do this too.”

He continued, “We want school adminis-trators to monitor the behavior in the standsand to get those parents to stop or leave.We are trying to raise awareness and changethe culture of behavior in high school soc-cer.”

Glass is targeting 16 teams in NorthernVirginia, mostly from Fairfax County pub-lic schools. So far, two schools are officiallysigned on board – Robinson and SouthCounty High Schools.

THIS CHALLENGE is open to the boys’and girls’ high school varsity teams atFairfax High, Lake Braddock Secondary,Robinson Secondary, South County, WestSpringfield, W.T. Woodson, Centreville,Chantilly, James Madison, Oakton,Westfield, Thomas Jefferson, Lee, and JebStuart in Fairfax County; as well as Garfieldin Prince William; and Fauquier High inFauquier County.

“What we’re saying is get through theseason without a player ejection for thesethings: foul and abusive language to a ref-eree, fighting, and taunting; and for thecoaches, do not get ejected for yelling at areferee; and for the players, no yellow cardsfor arguing with a referee,” he said.

“We want school principals to really puta lot of pressure on coaches to insist on goodbehavior from the players. I believe thatplayers do as the coaches do, not necessar-ily as the coaches say,” he said. “We alsowant coaches to have conversations withthe parents.”

He said the bad behavior usually startswith the coach who questions every call andblames bad things in the game on the ref-eree. “This leads to 16-17-18-year-old play-

ers saying things directly to the referee thatthey would never say to another adult faceto face, so this leads to an atmosphere ofdisrespect,” he said.

“Coaches need to develop a culture ofrespect and teach these kids that the refer-ees are making the least number of mistakeson the field compared to the players. It’snot a good life principle to blame otherswhen you don’t win,” he said.

All over the country, he said the numberof referees and officials in all sports is de-

creasing. In addition, the pool of referees isgetting older, and young referees have itworse.

“We lose too many young referees whoare tired of the abuse they face on the youthsoccer fields, and so you have guys like me,who are 60 and pretty fit keeping up with18-year-olds,” he said.

The Virginia High School League pub-lished stats from the 2016-17 school yearstating boy’s soccer had 268 player ejec-tions; the next closest sport was footballwith 157 ejections – about 100 less, he said.In boys’ soccer, there were 12 coach ejec-tions for the same period. Virginia HighSchool League has strict rules about curs-ing, he added. Players will get ejected if theyuse foul language toward a referee, an op-ponent or a teammate. “If you get ejectedfor using foul language, it’s a three-gamesuspension,” he said.

But the problem is not just in high schools.“Some of the things I have seen in the lastcouple of years really have focused on thebad behavior of parents at youth games.

And when parents at youth games arespending the afternoon yelling at the ref-eree, then the players feel they have the li-cense to do this,” he said.

GLASS is a native of Annandale, playedsoccer at Thomas Jefferson High School aswell as the College of William and Mary,where he majored in government and phi-losophy. He got a law degree from GMU andfor 34 years has been in private practice(Ben Glass Law) specializing in personalinjury law and disability insurance. He hasnine children – five biological and fouradopted from China (ages 36-16) – withwife Sandi.

There is no charge to participate in theSportsmanship Challenge, but schools mustconfirm their participation by visitingSportsmanshipChallenge.com and complet-ing the web form. Only authorized repre-sentatives of the schools are allowed to con-firm their school’s participation. For moreinformation, visit JustAskBenGlass.com orcontact BenGlassLaw at 703-988-6414.

DiscussingCommunication CivilityAbdul Rashid Abdullah spoke oncommunication civility to theRotary Club of Springfield.President-Elect Jim Hedrickgives a book certificate for abook donated to Garfield El-ementary School’s Library toAbdullah, who lives in Herndonand is an adult Boy Scout in thePatriot District (Burke & FairfaxStation), as well as working as asystems architect.

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Soccer referee Ben Glass at a scrimmage at Flint Hill High Schoollast fall.

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The Varsity Soccer Sportsmanship ChallengeAttorney Ben Glass launches $13,000 initiativeto change culture of high school soccer.


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Clifton residents of all ages and skill lev-els played in the Clifton Betterment As-sociation (CBA)’s Fourth Annual PingPong Tournament held on Saturday, Feb.10 at the Town Hall.

Throughout the morning, both the young and theyoung-at-heart slammed, volleyed and chased littleorange balls as family members and neighborscheered them on. The 2018 tournament winnerswere:

❖ Children under 12 – First Place: Adeline Betz;Second Place: Annabelle Betz;

❖ Adult for Fun and Intermediate – First Place:Bob Hamrin; Second Place: Tom Greiner;

❖ Adult Advanced – First Place: Kevin Reilley; Sec-ond Place: Ryan Reilley.

Sweet Annaline’s, a Clifton-based specialty cookiebusiness, sponsored the event. Owner Lauren Betzdonated cookies that were shaped like ping pongpaddles and decorated with the CBA logo.

The ping pong tournament is an offshoot of GetFit Clifton, an initiative begun in 2014 to providefitness and fun for CBA members. In addition to Betz,this year’s planning task force members wereMichelle Stein, Steve Bittner, Jim Witt, LynneSaltsman and Lynne Strang.

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Ping Pong TournamentNets Good Turnout in Clifton

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Photo byLynne Strang Children Under 12 finalists: Adeline Betz (first place) and

Annabelle Betz (second place).

Adults Advanced: Kevin Reilley (first place) and RyanReilley (second place).

Photos by Michelle Stein


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The Pet Connection, a twice-yearlyspecial edition, will publish thelast week of February, and pho-tos and stories of your pets withyou and your family should be submitted byFriday, Feb. 23.

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What Needs toBe Fixed?To the Editor:

In your editorial (“What’s Wrongwith This Picture?” - Connection,Jan. 24-25, 2018) you wrote thatthe demographic disparity in en-rollment this year at ThomasJefferson High School (TJ) indi-cates something is wrong andneeds to be fixed. To fix this wrongcondition you noted that StateSenator Surovell has proposed abill that would consider econom-ics and geography in the selectionprocess.

Here is my concern: I thoughtthat admission to TJ is open to anyand all students and the adminis-tration strives to assist anyone in-terested in achieving admission tothe school. Admission is basedstrictly on merit, academic abilityand academic achievement.

Therefore, it begs the question,what is wrong and needs to befixed?

If the demographics at TJ arewrong and the reason for thisneeds to be fixed, and the solutionis to consider economics and ge-ography in admissions, then theadmissions standards will be com-promised and no longer based onacademic ability and academicachievement.

As a final thought, if demo-graphic percentages are so impor-tant and are the reason for theneeded fix, why was the percent-age of Asian students enrolled atTJ omitted?

Dan McKimSpringfield

Letters to the Editor

RespectingDifferencesTo the Editor:

The Danish Government re-cently proposed a ban on full-faceveils worn by Muslim women. Itis repulsive to see that such dis-cussion has firmly taken root in yetanother Western European coun-try. When will these people under-stand that by forcing others to goagainst their beliefs only furthercreates agitation in society?

In light of these unfortunatetrends, the love for my countrydeepens. I look around me and Isee people who, despite their pos-sibly colossal differences, respecteach other and act positively to-wards each other. A Muslimwoman wearing her spiritualclothing isn’t disrespectful, con-trary to what the Danish Govern-ment believes, however, forcingthese women to do the oppositeis.

Despite having to hear this hor-rible news, never for one secondshould we give up our beliefs orforce others to give up theirs.

This is the definition of what itshould mean to be an American,and I hope that we can spread thismessage of freedom to other coun-tries around the world by continu-ing to be a model ourselves.

Haris QamarClifton

FrustrationTurned to HopeTo the Editor:

This is a story of frustration

turned to hope. In November lastyear I sent a check certifiedthrough the USPS, it was lost. Amonth later I stopped payment onit and sent another check certified,unbelievably the second check wasalso lost. After several phone callsand hours on hold with the USPS,I was told that they were not li-able for the lost letters or for the$70 that I had to pay to stop pay-ment. The rep told me if I wasunhappy to contact my congress-man, so I did the next best thing.

This is where the story turns toone of hope, Tom Barton, theClifton postmaster recognizing myfrustration agreed to send thethird check “overnight” at no costto me. I dropped by my local del-egate, Tim Hugo’s office and metwith his District Director, MichelleBaker, who took the informationand said she would begin work-ing on getting me compensation.

Michelle contacted Tom who in-formed her he would write a let-ter to my bank stating that theUSPS had lost my letters and askthem to forgo the surcharge.Michelle also contacted the BB&Tbank at Union Mill and spoke withJackie, Karen, Nabila and Mo whoagreed to waive the charges.

Michelle also followed up witha phone to me in the evening (wayafter working hours) to see howthings were proceeding – aboveand beyond her duties.

While I am disappointed withthe response I received from USPS,I have restored faith in our systemdue to the hard work of these in-dividuals.

Karen FloydClifton

FootballScholarshipsTo the Editor:

The National Capital RegionChapter of the National FootballFoundation is accepting nomina-tions for its 2018 Scholar-Athletebanquet. The Chapter awards five$1,000 scholarships annually todeserving high school seniorscholar athletes who played highschool football. Nominees areevaluated on academic and ath-letic excellence, as well as contri-butions to their school and com-munity. Nomination packets havebeen mailed to each high schoolhead coach in the National Capi-tal Region. Deadline for submis-sion of nomination packets is April6. The 12th Annual Awards Ban-quet will be held on April 22 atthe Army-Navy Club in Arlington.

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“It seems like such a small thing, but whendesigned the right way, a coffee table canbecome the focal point of a room and re-ally make it pop,” she said. “I believe thatthere’s a right way and a wrong way to puttogether a coffee table, but it’s not hard ifyou keep certain things in mind.”

Vary the height and scale so that each itemcan shine on its own. “If everything is thesame height, none of them will be noticed,”said Tucker. “Think a pretty vase of flowersbehind a small porcelain bowl.”

Work to create balance between small andlarge items, says Alexandria, Virginia-baseddesigner Steven Gambit. “For example, asmattering of small knick-knacks can lookcluttered on a coffee table,” he said. “Alongthe same lines, too many large items on acoffee table can be overpowering. Insteadselect a few items and group them togetherby size.”

Change items as the seasons or holidays

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A serving tray can serve two purposes ona coffee table, says Gambit. “An elegant serv-ing tray can make a dramatic statement ona coffee table, and can give a table somestructure, especially if it’s holding smalleritems,” he said. “If you need to clear thecoffee table quickly, like if you’re entertain-ing, a tray makes it easy.”

Think about what the items on the coffeetable will look from different places in theroom, suggests Tucker. “Stand over yourcoffee table and get a sense of what theobjects look like gazing down at it,” she said.“Sit across the room from it. Can the itemsbe seen fully or are the most appealing partsof an item obstructed? I generally discour-age clients from putting picture frames ona coffee table because you can’t see the mainattraction — the photo — from behind.”

Be practical and sentimental. “Becausepeople tend to gather around coffee tables,don’t put a breakable family heirloom oran expensive pieces on them,” said Gam-bit. “Coffee table books are a good ideabecause they can be topics of conversation.You can use a coffee table to display thingsthat represent a part of your personality,lifestyle or a hobby.”

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25, various times at 2905 DistrictAve., Suite 115 (in the MosaicDistrict), Fairfax. The TorpedoFactory Artists’ Association (TFAA)presents “Uncommon Visions,” thethird exhibition at Torpedo FactoryArtists @ Mosaic. This mixed-mediashow features the work of more than40 TFAA member artists. Each of theartists, through use of form, color,technique, or materials, aim to guidethe audience into unexpectedavenues and share their ownpersonal perceptions.

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“Mobile Views.” Through March 4,various times in W-9 in the ArchesGallery, Workhouse Arts Center,9518 Workhouse Way, Lorton. In hershow, “Mobile Views” Kathy Straussexplores the ‘fine art’ of cellphonephotography. Visitwww.imagewerks.net orwww.workhousearts.org.

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SATURDAY/FEB. 17Country-Western Dance. 6:30-10

p.m. at Accotink UnitarianUniversalist Church, 10125Lakehaven Court, Burke. TheNorthern Virginia Country-WesternDance Association will hold a dance,with essons: 6:30-7:30 p.m. and opendancing, 7:30-10 p.m. A DJ providesmusic. Couples and singles of all ageswelcome. Admission for NVCWDAmembers $10; non-members $12;children under 18 accompanied by apaying adult $5. Smoke-free, alcohol-free. BYO refreshments. Visitwww.nvcwda.org.

Valentine’s Day Banquet. 6:30-11p.m. at Waterford Receptions atSpringfield, 6715 Commerce St.,Springfield. The Family Ministry ofthe Greater Little Zion Baptist Churchis sponsoring their Annual Valentine’sDay Banquet. All couples and singlesare invited to fellowship and enjoy anevening of fine dining, music,dancing and featured

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Surgery Specialists ComprehensiveBreast Center, 8988 Lorton StationBlvd., Suite 103, Lorton. This yogaprotocol is facilitated by an instructorspecifically trained to work withcancer patients. Pat will adapttraditional yoga practices to meet thephysiological and psychologicalneeds of cancer patients. Noregistration required. It isrecommended that participants dresscomfortably and bring a yoga mat,towel(s), and water. Visitwww.sentara.com for more.

DIY Open House. 5-7:30 p.m. atBoard and Brush, 7002 SpringGarden Drive, Springfield. Board andBrush offers a wide variety of hands-on, DIY art instructional workshopstaking visitors through the steps tocreate a beautiful classic woodenpiece. Visit boardandbrush.com/springfield/.

FRIDAY/FEB. 23B-I-N-G-O. 7 p.m. at Fire Station 3,

4081 University Drive, Fairfax. Enjoyfree coffee, entertaining callers, afriendly atmosphere, $1,000

guaranteed jackpot, treasure chestprogressive raffles, and good foodavailable for purchase. All proceedsgo to purchasing fire and rescueequipment. Visit www.fairfaxvfd.comor call 703-273-3638 for more.

SUNDAY/FEB. 25Burke Historical Society Meeting.

3:30-5 p.m. at Pohick RegionalLibrary, 6550 Sydenstricker Road,Burke. Guest speakers will beHeather Bollinger and Jeff Clark,who will bring back to life some ofthe lost towns of Fairfax County.Free. Visitwww.burkehistoricalsociety.org.

I Remember When… Concert. 4-5:30 p.m. at Lanier Middle School,3801 Jermantown Road, Fairfax. Jointhe Main Street Community Band fora musical stroll down memory lane.$10 adult/$5 seniors/studentsalways free. Visit fairfaxband.org.

THURSDAY/MARCH 1Orchestra Concert. 7-8:30 p.m. at

South County High School Dale S.Rumberger Performing Arts CenterAuditorium, 8501 Silverbrook Road,Lorton. Come enjoy the South CountyHigh School Orchestra’s program ofclassical and popular musiccelebrating spring. Free. Visitwww.schsorchestra.org/.

FRIDAY/MARCH 2B-I-N-G-O. 7 p.m. at Fire Station 3,

4081 University Drive, Fairfax. Enjoyfree coffee, entertaining callers, afriendly atmosphere, $1,000guaranteed jackpot, treasure chestprogressive raffles, and good foodavailable for purchase. All proceedsgo to purchasing fire and rescueequipment. Visit www.fairfaxvfd.comor call 703-273-3638 for more.

Songwriting Contest FinalistsPerform. 7:30 p.m. at BethesdaBlues & Jazz Supper Club, 7719Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. Sixsongwriters have been chosen asfinalists and one will win the$10,000 Grand Prize and 25 hours ofcomplimentary recording studio timeat Innovation Station Music. Threesongwriters from the YoungSongwriter category (includingSkyler Foley of Burke) will alsoperform live and compete for $2,500.Tickets will be $15 and $20 andavailable at www.bethesda.org.

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Hands On DayThe Fairfax Station Railroad Museum will hold a Hands On Day with crafts.

Admission: museum members and age 4 and under, free; ages 5-15, $2; ages 16and older, $4. Craft supplies included with admission. Sunday, March 11, 1-4 p.m.at The Fairfax Station Railroad Museum, 11200 Fairfax Station Road in FairfaxStation. Visit www.fairfax-station.org or call 703-425-9225.


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By David SiegelThe Connection

I f you haven’t been to theWorkhouse Arts Center lately,there are good reasons tovisit now. Under the protectivearched brick canopy of theWorkhouse’s walkways are twodistinct cultural opportunities juststeps away from each other.

One opportunity may be forthose with an adventurist spiritand a desire to help in the comple-tion of the new Lucy Burns Mu-seum being built in honor of theWomen’s Suffrage movement. Theother is a family-friendly, treasuretrove exhibition of original FraggleRock puppets and Muppet Babiescomic strips. Together, the twodemonstrate the eclectic, nature ofthe Workhouse as a Northern Vir-ginia cultural destination.

FOR THE LUCY BURNS MU-SEUM, progress continues withthe refurbishment of the physicalspace; including original cellswhere Suffragists were oncehoused. Once open to the public,the Burns Museum will offer a rareexperience. Visitors will be able tosee refurbished cells and the longcell-block where women were im-prisoned after marching in frontof the White House to secure vot-ing rights for women over 100years ago. The women were fined,jailed and imprisoned for “obstructing free passageof the sidewalk.”

During a recent tour, Ava Spece, President and CEOof the Workhouse Arts Center, said that “The newLucy Burns Museum is an exciting project that willbe dedicated to the incredible chronicle of the Suf-

fragists, their ordeal at the Workhouse Prison, andthe significant changes to our society that resultedfrom their hard work and sacrifice.”

Laura McKie, chair, Workhouse Museum and His-tory Committee noted that the refurbishment of the

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Where & When❖ Workhouse Arts Center presents “Imagination is the Medium: Guy Gilchrist

and Bill Diamond.” Exhibition on view through April 1, 2018 on the second floor,W-16 McGuireWoods Gallery, 9518 Workhouse Way, Lorton. Exhibition is free. Visitwww.workhousearts.org or call 703-584-2900. Note: Reception, artist talk, bookand print signing with cartoonist Guy Gilchrist is Saturday, March 10, 6-8 p.m. Freeparking.

❖ The Lucy Burns Museum at The Workhouse Arts Center, 9518 Workhouse Way,Lorton. Detailed information, including opportunities for potential donors for res-ervation-required, walk-throughs of the nearing-completion Lucy Burns Museumor how to donate to the museum’s completion, email [email protected] orcall 703-584-2900. Reservation-required tours for potential donors to completionof the Lucy Burns Museum on Feb. 19 at 1:30 p.m., Feb. 22 at 1:30 p.m., and Feb.24 at 10 a.m. and March 4 at 3 p.m. Free parking.


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Workhouseoriginal cells is being funded by pri-vate donations. The private donationshave also been used to enlarge thephysical facilities as a welcomingvenue for visitors. When opened tothe public, the Burns Museum willhave more than 8,000 square feet in-cluding the cell-block and areas forexhibitions, classes and field trips.Three key suffragist leaders will behighlighted in the museum: LucyBurns, Alice Paul, and Dora Lewis.

For those with interest in learningabout becoming a donor for the finalfitting-out of the Lucy Burns Museum,there are reservation-required toursof the facility in the coming weeks.More information is available in the“where and when” box of this article.

FOR A FAMILY-FRIENDLY displayto be seen nowhere else in the areathere is a newly installed exhibitionof original Muppet Babies comicstrips from the 1980s and originalpuppets from the award-winning tele-vision show “Fraggle Rock.” The ex-hibition is “Imagination is the Me-dium: Guy Gilchrist and Bill Dia-mond.”

According to Jaynelle C. Hazard,Workhouse director of exhibitions,the installation aims to introduceclose-up and explore the work ofGilchrist and of Emmy Award winner,Diamond, Jim Henson’s original illus-trator and puppeteer.

The exhibition features a wide-range of objects created throughoutGilchrist and Diamond’s careers. It isexpected they will bring smiles tothose to those who recall them fromtheir youth or introduce them to theirown children and perhaps grandchil-dren.

Submit civic/community announcements atConnectionNewspapers.com/Calendar. Deadline isThursday at noon, at least two weeks before event.

THURSDAY/FEB. 15Building Healthy Relationships. 10 a.m.-noon

at Dunn Loring Center for Parent Services, 2334Gallows Road, Entrance 1 - Room 100, DunnLoring. Navigating the social world is hard. Itcan be extremely difficult for children andteenagers with disabilities. This workshop, forparents of middle and high school students withdisabilities, will provide important informationto help your child build healthy relationships inthe social world. Register at bit.ly/2nI5uCf.

Planning Commission Meeting. 7:30 p.m. atGovernment Center Auditorium, 12000Government Center Parkway, Fairfax. Topic:Planning Commission Meeting on ProposedConsolidated Stormwater/Wastewater Facility.Visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/braddock.

SATURDAY/FEB. 17National Engineers Week Youth

Conference. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the GMU FairfaxCampus. The conference will include workshopsessions on bioengineering, civil engineering,mechanical engineering, systems engineering,and cybersecurity. Networking opportunities andhands-on activities. Free. Register atist.gmu.edu/EngineeringConference/; parent orguardian must register and accompany minors.Call 703-714-5581 or [email protected] for more.

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Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative forThe Potomac Almanac & The Connection Newspapers.

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

I realize that given the growth and evolu-tion of the world most of us live in, and howbusiness is transacted, there are two words, aphrase actually, whose very existence is threat-ened: “Bill me.” “C.O.D.,” “Cash on delivery”is likely itself on the precipice of extinction, adodo bird if there ever was one. However,since “Money makes the world go ‘round,” –or at least it made the hit musical “Cabaret”go ‘round in 1966, credit and one’s goodname can only stretch the dollar so far. Billshave to paid or else the world doesn’t “go‘round” so far. Moreover, if the money is miss-ing, there’s less to sing about.

Ergo an idea/system was devised wherebypeople/entities to whom you owed moneywould have semi unfettered access to yourmoney – without having to talk to you/askpermission. Once the consumer/”ower” hadsigned an authorization granting such access,the game was on and the money withdrawn(debited) regularly, as agreed to.

Occasionally, financial inducements wereoffered to entice the consumer to subject hismoney/accounts to such plundering. Buteventually, the process became all the rage.Meaning, consumers couldn’t transact busi-ness any other way, and despite any hesita-tions or objections (anger) to the contrary, itwas either debit or die. And though this sys-tem didn’t cause a revolution or become amotto on a license plate, it did change howwe bank, buy and balance.

Within the last few weeks I’ve added twomore automatic monthly debits. Paymentswhich I was given no other realisticchoice/method to pay other than all at once(not happening,) or once a month, automati-cally from my bank. And not that I felt held upby the process, but I did feel as if the highwayawaited if I didn’t pay their way.

So now I have six monthly debits draftingon five different but recurring days, save forholidays and weekends of course. In addition,I have granted additional bank access to retail-ers, service providers, Internet-only compa-nies, Amazon, pharmaceutical warehousesand on and on and on; all of whom have keys– so to speak – to my kingdom, such as it is.

Still, I think I know what’s being debited atany given time, but in the context of and con-junction with, all the other transactions that Ior my wife make, sometimes I don’t know if Ido know, actually, whether my money is com-ing in or going out or finding a new homesomewhere – and one not in this country andlikely irretrievable, or disappearing altogetherwith any other money I may haveaccumulated.

All of those worst case, possibly everydayscenarios, notwithstanding, what can I do? If Idon’t play and in turn, don’t pay, then I amlikely having to fend for myself. I may still haveplenty places to go to, but what am I going todo when I get there? My wallet (unlike GeorgeCostanza’s) isn’t big enough to hold all thecash I’d need to conclude just a few of mytransactions. I don’t like ceding control thisway, but the joke may already be on me: Idon’t have any control. It was taken away along time ago when the first authorization wassigned allowing a second/third party to with-draw money – automatically, and regularly,from the “signee’s” bank account. From thatpoint on, it was, as we say in New England:“Katie bar the door,” meaning: bad news,among a variety of other “unpleasantries.”

Regardless of how I fear all of these com-panies/”withdrawers” having a way into mybank account in order to get my money out,the reality is, there isn’t a damn thing I can doabout it. I just have to pay attention, literally –and figuratively. Otherwise, I’ll be a victim oftheir circumstance.

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